Fruit and Vegetable Quality

COMMON GROUND

• Consumer acceptability is more difficult to measure than fruit and
  vegetable quality characteristics.


• The lack of meaningful measures of consumer acceptability limits
  our ability to improve fruit and vegetable quality.


• The lack of common terminology limits integrated approaches to
  quality improvement.

DIVERGENCE

• Definition and integration of quality and acceptability.


• The ability to adequately measure consumer acceptability that
  will provide meaningful information to breeders and handlers.


• The importance of economics and postharvest physiology in
  understanding quality and acceptability of fresh fruits and
  vegetables.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

• Commonly accepted terms of quality and acceptability.


• Quantitative measures for consumer acceptability.


• More integrated studies to improve fruit and vegetable quality.